Garment hanger



1959 G. B. ENGLUND 2,873,898

GARMENT HANGER Fil'ed Dec. 10, 1956 6 010 15. A/6-ZUA/0 INVENTOR.

T a 3 3 am United States Patent '9 2,873,898 GARMENT HANGER GideonB. Englund Los Angeles, Calif.

I ApplicationDecernber 10 1956, Serial No. 627,304

3 Claims. (Cl. 223--88) wherein a l n thof .wi e s fo med .asa 1. .pr r d a pa sarment.suppottinspq ti n fo mentssup as a coat and trousers or other garments subject to being mounted thereon.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved garment hanger of this character wherein the ends of the length of wire forming the garment supporting portions are secured to one another in a novel manner to form a smooth, neat joint, free from garmentcatching portions and unsightly formations, and which reinforces the hanger and simplifies the formation thereof.

It is another object hereof to provide an improved garment hanger such as described wherein the aforementioned novel joint forms an opening for supporting the shank of the hook of the hanger so that the hook may be freely turned as desired about the axis of the shank.

It is another object hereof to provide a hanger such as described in which the novel joint forming the hook receiving opening, makes it possible to mount the hook for free rotative movement and to provide a simple formation on the shank of the hook for restraining axial movement of the shank in the opening.

It is another object to provide in a hanger such as described a joint formation which makes it possible advantageously to employ spot Welding as a simple means of joining the ends of the wire forming the hanger.

This invention possesses many other advantages and has other objects which may be made more easily apparent from a consideration of several embodiments of the invention. For this purpose there are shown three forms in the drawing accompanying and forming part of the present specification. These forms will now be described in detail, illustrating the general principles of the invention; but it is to be understood that this detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the garment hanger embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of a modified form of this invention showing the shank of the hook in cross section; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of another form of the invention showing the hook in cross section.

A garment hanger embodying the present invention, as shown in the accompanying drawing, is made of a single length of wire 1 and a wire hook 2.- The wire 1 is bent to form a loop providing a straight garment supporting portion 3 and an arched garment supporting portion 3a formed by a pair of arms 4 inclined upwardly and inwardly toward one another from the ends of the 2 portion 2. The arms 4terminate in substantially straight end portions 5 which, as here shown, are substantially parallel with the portion 3 and overlap in side-by-side relation. These end portions as here shown are joined by being spot welded as.at 6 ataxially spaced points .to form a flat smooth joint. This joint -is formed .to rotatably support'the shank 7 of the hook 2.

,ing 9-in which the shank 7 .is mounted .wherebythe hook maybe freely rotated. With this arrangement, the end portions 5 are in planar relation forming a flat'smooth joint, free from garment-catching portions or unsightly bulges, the small laterally extending bend -8 being inconspicuous, smooth and somewhat rounded .to prevent garments from catching thereon.

As a means for restraining axial movement of the hook 2 the shank 7 is provided at its free end with a head 10. Above this head are projections or shoulders 11 which extend laterally from opposite sides of the shank. The projections or shoulders 11 are engageable with end portions 5 to restrain movement of the shank in one direction whereas the head 1! is also engageable with the end portions 5 to restrain axial movement of the shank in the opposite direction. The projections 11 may be struck out from the shank or otherwise formed in any suitable manner after the shank has passed through the opening 9. The hook 2 may be formed from a single straight length of wire having a head 10 thereon and which readily may be inserted through the opening and there after bent to form the hook portion. The projections 11 may also be formed at the same time that the hook portion is formed, this being the function of a suitable die unit.

A modified form of the joint of the ends of the hanger is shown in Fig. 3 and includes the provision of laterally offset end portions 14 of the wire 15 forming the hanger. Each offset end portion 14 lies alongside the non-offset portion of the wire 15 on which the other offset portion 14 is formed and is welded thereto as at 16. The bends 17 are opposed and spaced to form an opening 18 for the shank 19 of the hanger hook. In this joint formation the wire portions 15 contiguous the offset portions 14 are in line although the end portions 14 are offset therefrom. All of the advantages provided by the joint shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are aiforded by the joint shown in Fig. 3.

Another modified joint is shown in Fig. 4 wherein the portions 20 of the wire forming the hanger have overlapping end portions 21 spot welded to one another as at 22 in the same manner as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. However, each of the end portions 21 is provided with a laterally otfset U-shaped bend 23 correspoding to the bend 8 shown in Fig. 2. The bends 23 oppose one another and form an opening 24 for the shank 25 of the hanger hook.

It should be noted that the hangers here shown are effectively reinforced by having the ends of the wire welded together in side-by-side overlapping relation at the point where the hanger hook is connected with the hanger.

It will now be apparent that garment hangers embodying the present invention may be quickly and economically made with one or more simple dies and simple spot welding apparatus.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger comprising: a single length of wire formed as an elongated loop providing opposed upper and lower garment supporting portions; the free end portions of the wire being disposed in overlapping relation approximately centrally of the ends of the upper garment supporting portion; one of said free end portions having an outward bend extending laterally from the other free end portion to form an opening between said end portions; means securing said free end portions one to the other on opposite sides of said bend; and a hook including a shank mounted in said opening; both of said free end portions and said bend being in a plane normal to the axis of said shank.

2. A garment hanger comprising: a single length of wire formed as an elongated loop providing opposed upper and lower garment supporting portions; the free end portions of the wire being laterally offset in opposite directions; each offset end portion lying alongside the portion of the Wire that is inwardly spaced from the other ofi'set portion and being welded thereto; said ofiset portions being spaced from one another between the ends thereof to form an opening; and a hook having a shank located in said opening; both of said offset portions being in a plane normal to the axis of said shank.

3. A garment hanger comprising: a single length of wire formed as an elongated loop providing opposed upper and lower garment supporting portions; the free end portions of said wire overlapping intermediate the ends of said upper garment supporting portion; said overlapping portions being provided with opposed bends extending laterally from one another in opposite directions to form an opening therebetween; a hook having a shank mountedin said opening; said overlapping portions being welded together on opposite sides of said opening; both of said overlapping portions and said bends being in a plane normal to the axis of said shank; and means on said shank engageable with said overlapping portions to prevent withdrawal of said shank from said opening.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,229,371 Wordingham June 12, 1917 1,266,358 Videgaray May 14, 1918 1,692,084 Gerard Nov. 20, 1928 2,151,621 Silverman Mar. 21, 1939 

